Automobile screen



Sept. 23 19124,I

. SWEENEY AUTOMOBILE SCREEN 0 5 A 9 0 5 1 Vl E N E E w s 1J. E.

Sept. 23 1924,

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Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE..

EDWARD J'. SWEENEY, 0]? COUNCIL/BLUFFS, IOWA.

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Application led July 13, 1920. vSerial No'. 395,877.

To all whom' t may concern:

Be it known that EDWARD d. SwnnNnY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Council Bluds, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Au-y tomobile Screens, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to automobile screens and has for its object to provide screening means for the window openings and windshield opening of automobiles, preferably of the sedan type, thereby pre venting bugs from. dying Iinto the faces ofv occupants of the machine Qwhile driving at night, saidbugs being attracted by the headlights. Also to prevent branches of trees and bushes from coming into Contact with the faces of the occupants of the car.

A further object is to provide a roller carried screen for the front openin of the be rolled upwardly or downwardly as desired.

A further object is to provide supporting and guiding means lfor the screen roller comprising ang ed members secured to the automobile body adjacent each side of the front opening thereof, .the outwardly extending anges of the angled members being bent so as to form vertically disposed channels through which channels headed members carried b the edges of the-wire screening slide, sai headed members preventing bulging of the screen under wind pressure. Also y to provide a guiding member for guiding -the vertically With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes Vin the precise embodiment of the invention'- may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the -sp'rit of the invention.

' In'the drawings j Figure lis a perspective view of a portion showing ythe screened openmgs. v

Figure 2 is a front elevation1 ofa portion j ofjan. automobile body of the sedan type 'of the automobile body showing the roller carried screen in vlower position.. A Figure 3. s a horizontal sectionalview taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2, showing the sprmg actuated roller.

'Flgure 4 is a perspective View on an enlarged s cale of a portion of one of the roller supporting angles and roller. f Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view,'show mg 1n front elevation a portion lof a roller, the lscreen and the supporting and guiding ang e.

Figure 6 is. a sectional view taken on line 6 6 of Figure 1, showing one of the slldable window closures.

Referring to the drawings,l the numeral l designates a sedan body of an' automobile and 2 the front opening thereon. lt has been found while driving at night, that vunless the opening 2 is closed that bugs mounted in apertures of the anges 8 of angle members 9, which are secured to the facing of the body member 1 adjacent the vertical sides of the opening 2 by means of grooves 10. Thea angles 9 have their anges 8 bent so as to form vertically disposed channels 11, into which channels the headed lugs 12, which are Secured'to the vertical edges of the screen 3 as at 13 are guided by the outwardly bent integral lugs 14. Headed lugs l2 extend beyond the ends of the roller 4, therefore do not prevent the screening from rolling on the roller. rlhe lower edge of the screen 3 is'provided with a metallic strip 15, so that the operator may grasp the same for pulling the screendownwar ly until the metallic strip 15 is engage by the f hook 16, which'hook holds the screen in its down position against the action of the* coiled spring 6. When it is desired to raise the screen, hook 16is unhooked and the screenv is allowed to wind upon the roller 5 with screening 19. The 'screeningI 19 being substituted in place of glass rames of this characterh said frames operate substantially the same as ordinary window frames now in use in automobile bodies.

From the above it will be seen that a roller carried screen is provided for closing the front opening of an automobile which screen is so guided in its downward movement that it will not bulge centrally while in its downward movement or bulge when entirely down. It will also be seen that the guiding and bulge preventing means is so constructed that it will not interfere with the rolling of.

the screen on the screen roller.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is The combination with an automobile window opening, of a screen therefor, said screen comprising a horizontally disposed roller adjacent the upper side of the window opening, a wire mesh screen carried by said roller and unrolled from the forward side thereof, the lower end of the wire mesh screen being provided with a horizontally disposed stiffening rod, latching means ear# ried adjacent the lower end of the window opening for en aging and holding the reinforcing rod, c annel guides adjacent the opposite sides of the window opening, said guides comprising angularly shaped bars secured to a support adJacent the inner side of the roller, an outwardly extending flange carried by said bars, said roller havin bearings in said outwardly extending anges, the outer end'sof said outwardly extending flanges being bent u on themselves to form ychannels in vertical a ignment with the outer side'of the roller, the upper outer side of said channels being provided with u wardly and outwardly extending integra guide lugs, and relatively close headed members carried by the sides of the wire mesh screen and having their heads disposed in the channeled members, said wire mesh screen being held against bulging inwardly incident to air pressure as the vehicle moves forwardly and the wire mesh allowing the passage of air through the screen and excluding foreign matter.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

EDWARD J. SWEENEY. 

